A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent
cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of
Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of
modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.
Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages
and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced.
Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series
is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of
imaginative fiction.
A GAME OF THRONES
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the
seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades
and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning,
and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and
supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective
Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a
family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to.
Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom
of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers
and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time
of grim omens.Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no
human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into
madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back
his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous
of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal,
victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their
enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win
that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones
關於作者:
George R. R. Martin''s bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire
fantasy series has earned him the title of ''the American Tolkien''.
The first book of the series has been made into a HBO TV
adaptation, A Game of Thrones. He is the author of eight novels,
several collections of short stories and numerous screenplays for
television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe, New
Mexico.